iPads and Research: presentation at Francis Combe School 14th May 2014

Towards a research-informed use of iPads in schools

Dr. Kevin BurdenReader in Educational Technology

The University of Hull14th May 2014

Francis Combe School

This presentation on Slideshare

http://goo.gl/vuxJcq

Mobile learning is not just?

UNESCO and OECD publications on mobile learning

National research and evaluations

Edinburgh 1:1 Mobile project: 2012-2013

Personalisation

Collaboration

Authenticity

What have we discovered about mobile technologies?

Personalisation

Independence: where and how to learn

CustomisationAdaptive Learning

Collaboration

Conversations mediated by mobile devices, not replaced by them

Learner Generated Content

Students as authors (knowledge

constructors)

eBooks that understand your ‘reading’ habits

Authenticity

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Heritage learning - situated

How do I get involved?

‘bench-top to bedside’ in medicine

Translation research

there was a Map of Medicine for education????‘Concept to

classroom’

Imagine if teachers could access research based pedagogic knowledge

about.....

barriers to learning threshold concepts at a fine grain level

the most effective strategies for using iPads in the classroom

www.meshguides.org

http://goo.gl/On3qDI

•the research evidence base for iPads is growing but is not organised for teachers

•Personalisation; Collaboration; Authenticity are emerging as powerful affordances of iPads

•MESH is an international, free, online project to map the pedagogical knowledge base in all subjects

Your take-away

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Contact details:

Dr. Kevin Burden: Reader,University Teaching Fellow,Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)Faculty of Education, The University of Hull, HU6 7RXTel: (44) 01482 466731Mobile: 07815184477Twitter: @edskjb

URL: https://hull.academia.edu/KevinBurden

MESH maps (iPads) http://www.richprocter.co.uk/cgi-bin/pathways/pad.pl